By Alan Caruba
In 1832, the threat of nullification by States that opposed tariffs on imported goods came close to bringing about a civil war. Thirty years later as cries for the abolition of slavery reached a fever pitch the War Between the States would begin.
Today, in the wake of the Supreme Court decision that found that the Affordable Health Care Act—Obamacare— is constitutional and thereby the law of the land. Republican Governors are lining up to say they will not obey it.
Not only has President Obama and the Democrat Party imposed an enormously unpopular law on the nation, they have initiated a huge constitutional crisis.
Nullification is a constitutional theory that gives an individual state the right to declare null and void any law passed by the United States Congress which the State deems unacceptable and unconstitutional. In a debate in the late 1700s, both James Madison and Thomas Jefferson, in the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions (1798) came down on the side of nullification if a State concluded that the federal government had overstepped its limits of jurisprudence.
In ruling that Obamacare cannot use the Commerce Clause as its justification, the Supreme Court kicked the Act back to Congress, ruling that it is a tax and that Congress has the right to place such taxes on the citizens of the nation. The Obama administration maintained that Obamacare was not a tax until the case was argued before the Court. It then conceded that it was.
The least troublesome response is to wait for November to remove for office every Senator and Representative who voted for Obamacare and who is up for reelection along with Obama.
The most troublesome response would reflect the crisis that occurred when Andrew Jackson was President. On December 11, 1832, Jackson issued a proclamation that he would use force to uphold the right of Congress to enact tariffs which were widely seen as a burden on the southern States. Several compromises ensued.
Thus, President Obama has set the stage for a major constitutional crisis. He could, in theory, declare martial law to defend Obamacare and this is not just an idle threat because, as of this writing, several State Governors have already announced they will not enforce it.
Florida’s Governor, Rick Scott, has declared his State will not comply with the overhaul of the nation’s health care system—its nationalization by the federal government. Earlier, the Missouri legislature passed a bill in its House of Representatives declaring Obamacare null and void for the second time. It would prohibit the establishment of an exchange without the consent by vote of the people of Missouri.
In Louisiana, Gov. Bobby Jindal has declared his opposition to Obamacare as has Wisconsin’s Gov. Scott Walker, both of whom urged other States to refuse to implement the law.
Just as South Carolina led the opposition during President Jackson’s time, Sen. Jim DeMint has called on “every governor to stop implementing the health care exchanges.” Despite the Supreme Court’s ruling that states can opt out of a Medicaid expansion, there is nothing Jindal and Walker can do to prevent health insurance exchanges from being set up in their States.
As if President Obama has not already driven the nation’s economy to the brink of collapse and his administration has opposed enforcement of the Defense of Marriage Act, and has opposed Arizona’s efforts to secure its borders and its right to protect its citizens from illegal aliens, Obama has now brought about a crisis comparable to that which launched the Civil War.
As the Fourth of July approaches, the current President has created a firestorm of opposition that initially led to the Tea Party movement and the 2010 midterm elections that returned power to the Republican Party in the House of Representatives. Major forces are emerging and aligning to stop Obamacare anyway they can.
This is occurring as a case before a Florida court challenges Obama’s eligibility to be on that State’s ballot. Florida law is unique in that it gives the average voter greater freedom to challenge eligibility and fraud than other States. More than a hundred legal cases nationwide have been brought over his eligibility. The Constitution specifically states that the President must be “a natural born citizen” with both parents being citizens of the United States. Obama’s father was a citizen of Kenya.
Buckle up, it’s going to be a bumpy ride.
© Alan Caruba, 2012
Comment
Comment by Billy Bowlegs on July 8, 2012 at 8:19pm His story unraveling:
The two separate reports indicating Obama attended Columbia for only one year were generated in March 2011. One, obtained by lawyer Orly Taitz, was used in a court filing contesting Obama’s eligibility. The other found its way to Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Cold Case Posse investigating Obama’s eligibility for the presidential ballot in Arizona.
Greenwood said at least one of the two people who submitted the request for a report of Obama’s record received a correct report as well as an incorrect one. She added that the people who obtained the records probably violated the clearinghouse’s terms of use, because acquisition of records is limited to degree confirmation for the purposes of employment and education.
Please note that the "idiot list - they walk amongst us" extends into the Universities and Faculty.
Employment research - HA HA.
What does these idiots think Orly Taitz and Joe Arpaio are doing. A cake walk at the county fair.
They are vetting the employment qualificatins of the President Dumb A***.
Comment by Linny Redd on July 8, 2012 at 6:03pm HOW MUCH DO WE HAVE TO TAKE FROM THIS CROOK???
NOTHING, BUT NOTHING HE'S DONE CAN BE LEGAL--THE FOREIGN MARXIST TYRANNIST IS NOT,
WAS NOT, AND NEVER WILL BE A LEGAL PRESIDENT!
IT IS PAST TIME TO PRESS THE POINT!
LET US GET ON WITH THE PROSECUTION!
Comment by Craig Jerina on July 2, 2012 at 8:53pm How much or how many times can Barak Obama usurp the U. S. Constitution and get away with it? He has gone around the Congress with his Presidential edicts. Has kissed every one of our enemies in the middle East. Has created Constitutional crises'. Stole Trillions of taxpayers money. Made us a debtor state and continues to put us further in debt by raising the debt ceiling or else. I'll tell you what we are close to a civil war with the handout receivers. Everybody hang tight we're in for a bumpy ride (as if it's not bumpy already)..
Comment by Billy Bowlegs on July 2, 2012 at 4:17pm Interesting piece of news:
Under the public function doctrine, the Chairman of the Democratic National Convention (acting
as an agent of the State of Florida in 2008) openly and willfully perpetrated fraudulent nomination certificates to the many States including Florida.
Prior nomination certificates (2000 and 2004) conform with the Public Function Doctrine, whereas 2008 DNC nomination certificates are fraudulent submissions and viiolate this doctrine.
This should be classed as a Crime by States that received the nominating certificates from Nancy Pelosi.
Comment by Gayla Mitchell on July 2, 2012 at 3:29pm Daves
federal government website managed by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, S.W. - Washington, D.C. 20201
The site you are using Is a Government site and my opinion I cannot believe. I don't believe anything from one of Obama employees Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
Comment by Gayla Mitchell on July 2, 2012 at 3:17pm Daves
Here is a list of some of the HIDDEN TAXES
http://www.newsmax.com/GroverNorquist/Obamacare-20-hidden-taxes/201...
Comment by Bruce Baker on July 2, 2012 at 2:51pm ALAN CARUBA .. READ the statements of ALL the Judges! 9-0 judges ruled it UNCONSTITUTIONAL!
Justice Roberts in rewriting the law and defining it AS A TAX forces it to be RECONCILED in both the SENATE and the HOUSE.
Obama-care may have been ruled constitutional if it is a tax but as a tax ... it GOES BACK TO CONGRESS!
Yeah, Obama hasn't won yet...
Comment by Brenda Choate on July 2, 2012 at 2:41pm daves:
READ THE BILL. Justification of every detail is futile. The fact remains, that the 30 million more customers do not exist, and the insurance companies are not obligated by law to reduce their premimums. Why is there not 30 million more customers? Check the list of those exempt from the bill. Preventive care, aka yearly physical, has been in effect in many policies. The only difference is there is no charge for his service against the physician.
Comment by Brenda Choate on July 2, 2012 at 2:12pm Daves:\
Rather than look at the tax subsidy for health savings plan, I suggest you read the bill in its entirety. There are hidden taxes that will affect many, one being the tax on medical devices.
Comment by Noel Smith on July 2, 2012 at 1:11pm © 2013 Created by Judson Phillips.
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